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p. 537; Schmidt, Fl. Jeniss. arct. p. 123; Kjellm., Vest-Eskim. Land p. 59, 
As. Beringss. p. 565; Feilden, Noy. Zemlya p. 21; Dusén, Ost-Gronl. 
p. 52. 
Culm slender, 10—30 em. high, from a slender rhizome, 1—3- 
leaved in the lower part. Heads 1—3, 4—10-flowered, deeply chestnut- 
coloured with membranous bracts, the longest more or less leafy 
awl-shaped. Sepals lanceolate, half as long as the acute, about 
8 mm. long capsule. 
Am.: Kotzebue Sound, Port Clarence (!), Baffin Land: Cumberland 
Gulf, West Greenl. 62° 30’—70° 45’ (!), East Greenl. 70°—74° 10’ (!). Eur.: 
Spitsbergen, Novaya Zemlya 71°—72°, Waigats, Habarowa(!). As.: Mouths 
of the Yenissei, Boganida(!) and Lena, Taimyr Peninsula (!), Chukches Land (!). 
Geogr. area: Northern North America, Iceland, Scotland, Scandi- 
navia, Northern Russia, The Alps, Transsilvania, Siberia, Central Asia. 
53. J. trighumis L. 
Hook. FI. Bor. Am. II p. 192; Lge. Consp. Fl. Groenl. p.123; Hartz, Nord- 
6st Gronl. p. 342; Abromeit, Grénlandsexped. p. 81; Nath., Spetsb. Karly. 
p. 38; Trauty. Fl. Terr. Tschucktsch. p. 38; Schmidt, Fl. Jeniss. arct. p. 122. 
Culms loosely czespitose, 5—20 cm. high, heads 2—5-flowered, 
bracts generally not exceeding the flowers, red-brown. Sepals oblong 
lanceolate yellowish or chestnut-coloured (var. Copelandi Buchenau), 
shorter than the obtuse mucronate, about 6 mm. long, pale brown 
capsule. 
Am.: Arctic Sea-coast, Labrador (!), West Greenl. 60°—70° 30’ (!), 
East Greenl. 70°—73° 20’ (!). Eur.: Spitsbergen (!). As.: Mouth of the 
Yenissei, Chukches Land. 
Geogr. area: Rocky Mountains to Colorado, Northern Canada to 
Newfoundland, Iceland, Feerées, England, Scotland, Northern Scandinavia, 
Northern Russia, Central European Mountains, Caucasus, Siberia, Central 
Asia and Himalaya. 
d4. J. biglumis L. 
Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. II p. 192; Taylor, Pl. coll. at Davis Str. and 
Baff. Bay p. 84; Hart, Brit. Pol. Exped. p. 142; Lge. Consp. Fl. Groenl. 
p. 122; Hartz, Nordést Grénl. p. 342; Nath., Spetsb. Karly. p. 38; Th. Fries, 
Beeren Isl. Veget. p.155; Andersson, Kénig Karls Land p. 557; Trautv., 
Consp. Fl. Noy. Zeml. p. 80; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. IV p. 233; Kjellm., Sib. 
Nordk. Fanerogamfl. p. 277, As. Beringss. p.565, St. Lawrence-6n p. 22, 
Vest-Eskim. Land p. 59; Trauty. Pl. Sib. bor. p. 118, Syll. Pl. Sib. bor. 
orient. p.537; Schmidt, Fl. Jeniss. arct. p. 122; Kjellm. & Lundstr., Nov. 
Semlja p. 317; Feilden, Nov. Zemlya p. 21. 

Loosely czespitose, culms 5—15cm. high. Heads 1—2-flowered, 
one bract generally exceeding the flowers. Sepals oblong, brown, 
shorter than the obtuse, retuse capsule. 
